FTC Officials Continue Game Of Musical Chairs

By Julie Zeveloff

Law360, New York (September 03, 2008, 12:00 AM ET) -- Two longtime attorneys with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission have been awarded top posts with the agency's Bureau of Competition, rounding out a major leadership shift in that department over the past several months.

Marian R. Bruno was named deputy director of the bureau and Norman Armstrong Jr. will take on the role of acting deputy director, the FTC announced on Tuesday.

The appointments came just weeks after the agency announced that Jeffrey Schmidt, the director of its Bureau of Competition, would depart the FTC to...